I’m filling up my new build for the first time and really don’t want to spend 70 or so dollars filling it. Has anyone ever used the water from Revere Beach? And if so, how did it work.
This is the only drawback of NSW. If it is used for small maintenance water changes then I never worry much about Ca and slightly lower ALK. pH is usually good. I mix in a little salt mix to elevate salinity due to the lower constant level of coastal MA waters. It is always around 31-32. I keep the tank at 32-33 now. So, with skimming wet I add salt to the NSW to do WC’s with ~38 ppt water. Reef Crystals and heat/mix 24 hours. This keeps my 180 with 70 gallon sump/fuge as stable as I can get using kalk as top off with an ATO.
This is the only drawback of NSW. If it is used for small maintenance water changes then I never worry much about Ca and slightly lower ALK. pH is usually good. I mix in a little salt mix to elevate salinity due to the lower constant level of coastal MA waters. It is always around 31-32. I keep the tank at 32-33 now. So, with skimming wet I add salt to the NSW to do WC’s with ~38 ppt water. Reef Crystals and heat/mix 24 hours. This keeps my 180 with 70 gallon sump/fuge as stable as I can get using kalk as top off with an ATO.
I have started tanks with NSW many times. I would say that you might want to get temp/salinity and Ca/Alk right first if you were transferring large quantity of livestock that demands it right away though, as in a tank upgrade or something similar.Yeah I would agree I'm not sure I'd start a whole new tank with NSW but it works out well for my 10-20% water changes.